Price of Garrards in Japan!!!

[Dynamic Turtle]

Jesus H Christ - just been hawking around the Japanese used/x-dem sites and got a shock to see Garrard 301's going for anything between £1,500 - £2000!!

Shit the bed

!!

DT

 

[hifinut]

3years ago a mate sold a Garrad and postage cost jap guy twice his eBay winnig bid!

Have to look out for them to sell on jap eBay

 

[Biscuit]

Shindo has made them dead popular over there - stick one in a very heavy bonded wood plinth with a modern arm, and you have a very nice turntable apparently (think Shindo might do a bit more than this - new bearing perhaps, but they definately start with a Gerrard).

The other idler wheel (?) decks like Lenco's are quite sought after too IIRC.

 

[Beobloke]

*sits back with a smug, 301-owning smile of satisfaction on face*

after soundly berating Biccy for referring to them as GErrard, of course.........

 

[Biscuit]

whoops, sorry beobloke

 

[Hawk]

the yoof of today eh

 

[enjoy_the_music]

Nah thats balls.

We routinely see GG's go for UK money and less...ok grey grease bearing models are worth more but never £2000...400k yen!!!!!!

 

[nixon_fiend]

there's a NEW BOXED UNUSED 1960s 401 on hificandy .. I think he's looking for about a grand for it

Imagine what you could get for that in Nippon....

 

[stefanher]

Knowing the price of 301's in Japan I bought one from e-bay in a satisfactory SME plinth with a view to making a lot of money selling it in Japan.Before disposing of it I thought I'd compare it to my top flight Linn deck, using a 3009 SME arm & a Goldring MM on the Garrard & the Ekos/Archiv on the Linn.

It was the Linn that was sold....

To date I've not heard a deck under £3K that even vaguely compares in quality to the 301. If anyone knows more expensive decks that do I'd be interested in auditioning them. Of course it's been lovingly upgraded to an Afromosia plinth & Illustrious/Lyra combination.

 

[Dynamic Turtle]

enjoy_the_music wrote:

Nah thats balls. We routinely see GG's go for UK money and less...ok grey grease bearing models are worth more but never £2000...400k yen!!!!!!

Well, the one's that I saw (can't remember the website - just passing through) were definitely £1500-£2000. I think from the description they had been professionally refurbished and guaranteed, which perhaps explains the price.

They must also laugh at the prices we pay for Accuphase & Esoteric over here!

DT

 

[griffo104]

stefanher wrote:

Knowing the price of 301's in Japan I bought one from e-bay in a satisfactory SME plinth with a view to making a lot of money selling it in Japan.Before disposing of it I thought I'd compare it to my top flight Linn deck, using a 3009 SME arm & a Goldring MM on the Garrard & the Ekos/Archiv on the Linn.It was the Linn that was sold....

To date I've not heard a deck under £3K that even vaguely compares in quality to the 301. If anyone knows more expensive decks that do I'd be interested in auditioning them. Of course it's been lovingly upgraded to an Afromosia plinth & Illustrious/Lyra combination.

The guy I bought my LP12 from years ago was selling it due to getting a Garrard 301, built his own plinth (which was very nice) and put a 3009 on it.

I had a good listen when I bought the LP12 - still one of the most enjoyable, musical and totalling lacking in hifi crapola sounds I've ever heard. No wonder they go for silly money - apart from the treble, whcih is maybe a bit of a weak point but more than make up for it in the bass, they are easily as good as most modern decks.

No wonder he was selling the Linn.

 

[Emma Royd]

I've been told that the Linns give an unnatural over boppy sound and ar'nt really rated nowadays.

In fact I was told the motors are made to run slightly fast,whichprobably accounts for the above,but to be truthful,I've never heard one.

 

[Dynamic Turtle]

See this one's been bid up to the sky

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Garrard-301-grease-bearing-near-mint-condition_W0QQitemZ110016844048QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3283QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Defiant]

Dynamic Turtle wrote:

See this one's been bid up to the sky

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Garrard-301-grease-bearing-near-mint-condition_W0QQitemZ110016844048QQihZ001QQcategoryZ3283QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Nice wooden cocktail sticks, I mean legs:shocked: Hope the idea was that they are temporary with the intention of mounting it properly....?

£1475 with 5 days to go - fook

 

[purplepleaser]

are they that good or just collectable.Exuse my lack of knowledge

 

[Guest]

Emma Royd wrote:

I've been told that the Linns give an unnatural over boppy sound and ar'nt really rated nowadays.In fact I was told the motors are made to run slightly fast,whichprobably accounts for the above,but to be truthful,I've never heard one.

you don't want to either emma not with linn arms and cartridges anyway.

that garrard is at 1400 quid already some people are fucking crazy i'm sure.

 

[purplepleaser]

Why do they sell for vast differences in price.

 

[stefanher]

purplepleaser wrote:

are they that good or just collectable.Exuse my lack of knowledge

I have compared my Garrard to decks costing well over £2K including the Orbe,Origin & Nottingham. They are less "precise" but have a better bass response than any of the above & impart a "joie de vivre" to the recordings that none of the others can. Yes, they are that good but were forgotten in the flat earth period of the 70's when the only way to go was Linn/Naim/Linn.

 

[murray johnson]

I had a 301in a substantial plinth a few years ago. It was great fun and certainly had more oomph and stability than the typical suspended subchassis type turntables particularly with regard to the quality of the bass. However the treble could be a bit wild (due to the platter?) which could be altered a little by whichever mat was chosen.

I still think a good (properly made) DD ie Technics, Denon, Micro or Kenwood can better the Garrard in all respects though. However, in terms of what it would cost to buy a modern TT with the sound & build quality of a 301 or 401, these £1-2K prices are not that silly imho.